An exciting opportunity at CMS for a Legal PA to join our Energy & Infrastructure Team within our EPC Practice Group on a fixed term contract in London on a 2 days a week basis.

About the role

Within our EPC Practice Group a role providing you with a broad base of responsibilities. You will have proven strong PA experience, preferably working within a Law firm providing support at Partner level and have strong organisational skills. You will be confident in meeting the frequent demands of a fast paced role with the understanding that strong communication with those you will be supporting is fundamental. We are looking for someone to join us on a part time basis to cover Thursday & Friday.

Key Responsibilities including:

Diary management - anticipating and managing all areas of diaries
E-mail management, checking prioritising and summarising e-mails on a daily basis and reporting on and creating action points
Time management ensuring fee earners time and narratives are inputted daily
Drafting correspondence as required
Comprehensive travel arrangements including sourcing and booking hotels and transport on our online booking tool

Adapting to partners individual working styles, providing proactive and responsive support.
Establishing own administrative systems
Efficiently managing own workload and being proactive with the ability to work on own initiative
Becoming adept at proof reading and quality checks on all work produced
Building good working relationships with colleagues
Establishing rapport with clients
Becoming adept at using CMS CMNO systems and various AI tools
Becoming familiar with legal terminology of practice area

Building good working relationships with colleagues
Establishing relationships with clients and anticipating their needs
Understanding firms culture and goals
Organises document management, including opening files, archiving and ensures that all relevant documents are filed electronically and paper-based, as required
Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the end-to-end billing process and Elite (Financial System) and liaising with billing team, producing the relevant documentation
Assisting across practice groups whenever capacity allows
Delegating where necessary administrative tasks to administrative members of the team

About you

We will invest in your ongoing training and development to support your professional goals and help you to thrive in your role from day one. Our opportunities are open to all suitably qualified applicants, so to be considered for this role, you must meet the following skills and experience:

Strong PA/secretarial background at partner level
Advanced level written and verbal skills
Good understanding of entire Microsoft Office Suite, including AI tools such as Copilot, Harvey and iManage document management system
70 wpm typing skills
Positive attitude with a practical, common sense approach; resilient
Excellent organisational and administrative skills

Drafting documents autonomously

Fee/billing Management

Confident with excellent communication skills, ability to relate to people at all levels

Ability to prioritise tasks and remain calm when working under pressure

Excellent attention to detail

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Whats in it for you?

We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)

• Flexible, hybrid working policy

• Generous bonus scheme

• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)

• Holiday exchange scheme

• Private medical insurance

• Enhanced parental leave

• Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

Location: London Cannon Place

Time Type: Part time